harried

adjective

har·​ried ˈher-ēd How to pronounce harried (audio)
ˈha-rēd
: beset by problems : harassed
a harried waiter who forgets your order

Examples of harried in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web What does this mean for lawyers and judges in a harried setting trying to make or assess legal arguments? Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024 Cochran keeps things moving as Harriet, the harried chief of staff waiting for a big break that will never come. EW.com, 29 Jan. 2024 After Theresa calmed Gerry during a harried Los Angeles highway drive, the two bonded over a diner dinner. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024 The station’s harried and overworked station master had to listen to myriad complaints about men who had taken over the women’s waiting room and refused to give up their seats. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024 Previous heat waves have delayed flights, making commercial flying even more challenging for harried travelers. Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023 Yelling at harried gate agents won’t get you anywhere. Eileen Ogintz, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2023 Such fairy tale readings are cleverly presented here as a harried backstage version of the bedtime ritual, with a narrator (a Svengali-like director played by Adam Godley) making certain that each of his conveyor-belt beauties stick to the script. A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 22 June 2023 Metcalfe is sterner and more deeply Italian than Patricia Heaton's Deb, but the dynamic of harried housewife and hapless husband remains. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

from past participle of harry

First Known Use

1609, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of harried was in 1609

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“Harried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harried. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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